Our Voices

Our voices must be heard for our Democracy to function at its best.

Below, you will find a collection of published letters on the issues that matter to us as our nation moves forward.

Check them out and share them with others to help spread our collective voice.

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No American should assume ‘it can’t happen here’

August 8, 2026 Democracy

For decades, Americans watched authoritarian governments abroad crack down on peaceful protests, and we told ourselves that it could not happen here. We saw our country as a beacon of ...

Time for course correction

August 8, 2026 Economy

The belief that Republicans are better stewards of the economy is a persistent fallacy. Beyond available historical data, which is compelling, the economic realities under the current administration and the ...

Support for Bilger

August 8, 2026 Democracy

I was happy to see The Daily Item’s coverage of U.S. House candidate Ray Bilger’s talk at the Union County Public Library last Thursday. Bilger grew up in central Pennsylvania ...

How we vote matters

August 8, 2026 Democracy

At our founding, we were not a perfect country. Our constitution was not a perfect document, but it and its writers were profoundly ahead of their time and set the ...

Candidate interested in us

August 8, 2026 Democracy

Interacting with candidates for elected positions can be seen as daunting and uncomfortable. These are individuals with staff who might hover over the candidate and manage their time and comments. ...

Permanent standard time should be the standard

August 8, 2026 Voices-2026

If you are like me, you dread having to change your clocks twice each year (especially the VCR). In fact, fewer than one in five Americans favor our current system ...

Guns by mail

August 8, 2026 Democracy

GrabAGun is an online firearms retailer that bills itself as “the Amazon of Guns,” and seeks to dominate the firearms retail space. Donald Trump Jr. owns 311,433 shares in the ...

Steadfast allies

July 25, 2026 Democracy

The world feels entirely upside down, as if we’ve slipped through Alice’s looking glass. We are entangled in a de facto war, yet a do-nothing Congress refuses to act. While ...

Smoke gets in your eyes

July 25, 2026 Environment

Smoke gets in your eyes. And your hair. And your clothes. And your lungs. Last week, Pennsylvania was placed under statewide Code Red and then Code Purple (“very unhealthy”) air-quality ...

Authentic checks and balances

July 20, 2026 Voices-2026

If someone had told me that the federal official now overseeing special education believed students with disabilities “will never hold a job or pay taxes,” I would have assumed they ...